«I have been thinking of that too,» answered Zagloba. «Kovalski told me that there are two Prussians among his dragoons who know how to jabber German, and are sharp fellows. Let them tell in German,--which the Swedes know of course, after fighting so many years in Germany. Kovalski is ours, soul and body. He is a man in a hundred, and we will have no small profit from him.»
«Well done!» said Volodyovski. «Will some of you, gentlemen, be so kind as to see to this, for I have no voice in my throat from weariness? I have told the men that we shall stay in this grove till morning. The villagers will bring us food, and now to sleep! My lieutenant will see to the watch. ‹Pon my word, I cannot see you, for my eyes are closing.»
«Gentlemen,» said Zagloba, «there is a stack of hay just outside th
